by Ahtziri Medina Sacred Heart’s middle school recently participated in “Departments”. Students like that they can build their own little community and grow closer together. During departments, students conversed about helping our school by picking up trash and recycling. Middle school enjoys doing activities together and learning how to keep our school and community in […]
By: Savannah Martinez On Friday,September 10th,the students of Sacred Heart School gathered outside to continue the tradition of families.Families is an activity that the students do once a month.The 8th graders are the “parents” of the families,and they lead the activities.There are 17 families,and 1-2 students from each grade in each family. On that Friday,the […]
Sixth and Eighth graders have completed their first virtual lab! We’ve been reviewing the scientific method- making observations, using our background knowledge and new concepts to make a hypothesis and put it to the test. Sixth graders used erosion as the topic and made models using sugar. We “eroded” different shapes and recorded what we […]
Middle school has been busy. Remote learning (and teaching) has its challenges but with some help from our science lab assistant we were able to pack up some necessary items for family pick up and were able to complete a few labs remotely! 8th graders have completed their studies on the Solar System with a […]
Our 8th graders take turns every Friday (and on special days) reading a prayer over the public address system. These prayers are found and/or composed during our monthly department meetings. This morning’s prayer was a beautiful reminder to each of us regarding our own personal Lenten journey. .. Lord, bless us as we gather to […]
Sixth grade is studying plate tectonics and this week we made a model of one of the 5 physical layers of the Earth. It is a solid but acts as a liquid…it is our asthenosphere and in lab we made oobleck to help us learn about this unique layer of the Earth. Seventh grade is […]
Seventh grade has been studying cells. After the holidays we reviewed animal and plant cells and some of the structures inside cells through participating in an escape room. The students break into groups of 4 or 5 and run through a series of puzzles, analyzing the “clue” and then answering the question posed in each […]
6th Graders have just finished our unit on energy and have been studying alternative energy resources. In our lab this week, we used the energy found in falling water to lift a weight. We challenged ourselves to find various factors that affected how quickly a water wheel could lift a penny. Some of the factors […]
Middle School students met in departments just before Thanksgiving to prepare for the month of December. Our Spirituality Department planned our Mass for December and chose Saint Nicholas as the saint-of-the month. The Service Department counted bottle caps, worked on Advent inspirational posters and virtue posters for Saint Nicholas. Our Social Department created a beautiful […]
On Wednesday our 8th graders enjoyed a field trip to the Los Angeles Cathedral. We left early in the morning and traveled in the rain but arrived with plenty of time to work in the Adopt-a-Family office packaging Christmas stockings full of candy to accompany our Teddy Bears and stuffed toys, which will be delivered […]